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Bronx Zoo Cobra Found ... Sorta

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:27:05 CDT

The Egyptian cobra missing from the Bronx Zoo has been found ... on Twitter . And apparently she's a big fan of Tina Fey ("OMG! Tina Fey totally just walked by me! HUUUUGE FAN!") and Dancing With the Stars ("Want to watch Ralph Macchio go down for what he did to...

Guess What's Loose at the Bronx Zoo?!

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 13:12:25 CDT

So the Bronx Zoo seems to have misplaced a pesky little thing we like to call a very deadly, aggressive Egyptian cobra, reports the New York Post . The 20-inch adolescent went missing yesterday, and workers who scoured all the likely places it would hide still haven't found it, reports the...

House Sealed After Pet Cobra Vanishes

Rob Quinn — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:13:45 CDT

A German house has been sealed off for two months while authorities wait for a missing cobra to starve. The house was ripped apart last week when an amateur snake handler, 19, reported his pet missing. Authorities found no trace of the cobra, despite installing cameras and trying to trap...

How Nicolas Cage Really Went Broke

Kevin Spak — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:46:49 CST

Nicolas Cage’s money woes aren’t all his money manager’s fault. Cage “lived like a sheik,” a friend tells the Daily Beast . “Spent money like it was water.” Here’s a sample of what he spent it on: More than a dozen homes, including a castle in England, an 11th-century estate in...

Snake Venom Accusation Dogs Horse Trainer

M. Morris — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:24:33 CDT

Doping scandals in horse racing usually concern diuretics and other performance-enhancing drugs, but a controversy currently brewing in Kentucky and New York involves a substance with a far longer history: cobra venom. Authorities searched a barn at Keeneland last month and turned up evidence that has sparked an investigation of...